Ash can



D. H. KENT May 11 1926.

ASH CAN Filed Sept. 29, 1925 INVENTOR Z/ary/ hike/17'.

' ATTORNEY Patented May 11, 1926.

UNITED DARYL H. KENT, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

ASI-i CAN.

Application filed September This invention relates to an ash-can for theconveyance of ashes from the furnace chamber in the basement of a houseto the outside receptacle in which they are required to be placed forremoval by the city or other constituted authority.

An ordinary bucket is commonly used for such conveyance but is open toobjection on account of the dust which arises from it when emptying.

In'the ashcan, which is the subject of this application, this objectionis avoided by providing the can with a drop bottom which is retained inthe closed position by a mechanism that may be released when the can isat the place of deposit, so that as the can is lifted, the ashes areleft behind. This action avoids the flying dust which is unavoidablewhere the ashes are delivered by overturning the receptacle in whichthey are carried.

The invention is fully described in the following specification,reference being made to the drawing by which it is accompanied, whichshows the ash-can in side elevation, the lower portion of one cornerbeing in section to show the hinge of the drop bottom.

In this drawing 2 represents the body of the can which is preferablyrectangular and of such size as will admit the shovel by which the ashesare removed from the pit of the furnace. The upper edge of this can iswired and beaded or otherwise reinforced as at 3, and a bail handle 4 ispivotally connected at 5 adjacent the upper edge, the pivotal ends ofthe bail passing from the inner side outward.

This bail handle 4 is simply for carrying the receptacle,though therelease mechanism is mounted to turn on the outer ends of its pivots 5in a manner to be described.

The bottom 6 of the can is hinged at 7 along one side to open outwardand seats within the can against a narrow ledge 8 ex tending around thelower end, which ledge will also serve to reinforce that end.

The bottom 6 is retained in the closed position by a rod 9, one end ofwhich is connected at 10 to the drop bottom and the other end at 11 toan arm 14, which, in the normal or closed position, upwardly projectsfrom a bail 13 mounted to turn on the pivot ends 5 of the carrying bail4 where they project through the sides of the can.

v When the bottom 6 is closed the bail 13 rests against a check 15 inwhich position the pivot 11 of the lever 14 is at the extreme 29, 1925.Serial N0. 53,348.

upper end of an elongated slot 12 in the connecting rod 9 and isslightly past the vertical or over the dead centre of its movement whereit has a natural tendency to retain the closed position.

When this bail 13 is lifted to the upright position, as shown by the dotand dash lines in the drawing, the lever 14 is moved over the deadcentre to a substantially horizontal position on the opposite side, andin this movement, while the bottom of the can is closed and rests on theplace of deposit, the pin 11 travels the length of the slot 12 in thelink rod 9 and the link rod 9 is in the position represented by the dashand dot lines in the drawing. The bottom 6, though in the closedposition, is then free to fall open, so that as the can is lifted byeither bail 4 or 13, the bottom 6 opens and the contents of the can isquietly left behind, so that little or no dust rises as the can islifted from it.

It will be noted that this slot 12 in the upper end of the link rod 9constitutes an important feature of the device, in that it allows thebail 13 to be moved to the uprightposition before the can is lifted, andthe can can therefore be lifted straight up and allow the ashes to bequietly left behind; whereas, if the pin-connection at 11 is madewithout the slot 12, the can, during the first portion of the lift, willhang angularly from the hand grip of the bail while that bail is towardone side of the can and the upper edges of the can are liable to catchon the sides of the receptacle in which the ashes are being deposited. TVhile the device is operable without the slot 12, the slot is eminentlyadvantageous and desirable.

Obviously the bail 13 may have a lever 14 and rod 9 on one or both sidesof the can but with the comparatively light load imposed on the bottomof an ash-can, it is believed that one side connection will besufficient.

I do not desire to be confined to the particularconstruction of theparts as set forth in the drawing herewith, but desire my invention tobe interpreted within the scope of the claims herewith.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare thatwhat I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Let ters Patent,is:

1. The combination with an ash-can open at the top, of a bottom hingedto the lower end of the can to open outward, a bail pivotally mounted011 the upper end of the can, and means cooperative with said bail forretaining the bottom of the can in the closed position when said bail issubstantially horizontal and releasing the bottom from said retainingmeans when the bail is moved to ward the upright position.

2. An ash-can, comprising in combination, a can open at the top, abottom hinged to. the lower end to open out-ward, a bail pivotallymounted on the upper end of the can, said bail having a lever upwardlyprojecting from it adjacent its pivot when said bail is in thehorizontal position, means for checking movement of the rail with theupper end of its lever a slight distance beyond a vertical line throughits pivot, and a rod connecting the upper end of the bail lever to thebottom of the can.

3. An ash-can, comprising in combination, =1 can open at the top, abottom hinged to the lower end to open outward, a bail pivotally mountedon the upper end of the can, said bail having a lever upwardlyprojecting from it adjacent its pivot when said bail is in thehorizontal position, means for checking movement of the bail with theupper end of its lever a slight distance beyond a vertical line throughits pivot, and a rod connecting the upper end of the bail lever to thebottom of the can, said rod slotted down and from its pivotal connectionto the lever permitting the lever to be turned to the horizontalposition without actuating the bottom.

i. The combination with an ash-can open at the top, a bottom hinged tothe lower end of the can to open outward, a carrying hail pivotallymounted on the upper end of the can, a locking and releasing bailmounted to turn on the pivots ol' the carrying hail, said releasing bailhaving a lever upwardly projecting from it adjacent its pivot when saidbail is in the horizontal position, a rod connecting the upper end ofthe bail lever to the hinged bottom of the can, said rod having aslotted aperture from its pivotal con nection to the lever permittingmovement of the lever to the horizontal position without actuating thebottom, and means for check-- ing the movement of the bottom securingand releasing bail with its lever slightly beyond the upright position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DARYL I-I. KENT.

